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Tuberculous aneurysm of extracranial carotid artery.

Stephen E, Sridhar R, Pradhan NR, Thomas SV, Narayan RL, Agarwal S

Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India.

Incidence of extracranial carotid aneurysm is rare and represents a challenge to treatment strategy. Two patients presented to us a couple of years apart with pulsatile neck swellings. We propose that the extracranial carotid artery pseudoaneurysm was as a result of direct extension from tuberculous lymphadenitis and discuss the management of these patients.

Published 17 December 2007 in Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 35(1): 9-10.
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